Lone Atrial Fibrillation in the Pediatric Population

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1227-1233

  Mills, Lindsay C ^a   Gow, Robert M ^a   Myers, Kim ^b   Kantoch, Michal J ^c   Gross, Gil J ^d   Fournier, Anne ^e   Sanatani, Shubhayan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884585678     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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